The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 has arraigned Solomon Ufayo, a Relief Teller at Ecobank Plc.
He was arraigned before Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on a one-count charge of cybercrime involving the sum of N2.4 million.
Ufayo is accused of fraudulently impersonating a customer, Ogunfodunrin Ajoke, by posting false deposits and withdrawal tellers on her Ecobank account between 10 and 28 March 2025, intending to gain financially for himself.
The charge alleged that Ufayo, while working for Ecobank Nigeria Limited, used falsified bank documents to transfer the said amount into his own Opay account without the customer’s consent, contrary to Section 22(2)(b)(i) of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention etc.) Act, 2015.
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When the charge was read to him, he pleaded guilty.Following his plea, prosecution counsel Abdulhamid Tukur called EFCC operative David Gajere to present the facts of the case.
Gajere testified that Ufayo filled out fake withdrawal and deposit slips, transferring N2.4 million from Ajoke’s account into his personal account.
He added that Ufayo had given an extrajudicial statement admitting the offence and issued a bank draft for the full amount as restitution to the complainant.
Copies of the extrajudicial statement, bank slips, and the certified bank draft were tendered and admitted as exhibits by the court.
Justice Bogoro adjourned the case until June 6 for judgment and ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
